RIVAL SPRINTERS SET NEW RECORD

CRAIG MacLean and Arnaud Tournant set a new record in the event?s trademark kilometre Madison time trial at Revolution 16 at Manchester Velodrome last night.

Stopping the clock on 55.164 seconds, the two rival sprinters knocked over two seconds off Ed Clancy and Mark Cavendish?s old figure of 57.457 seconds set at Revolution 6 in 2004.

Clearly it was a fast night on the Manchester boards as Dutch sprinters Teun Mulder and Tim Veldt were the first to better the record with 55.633. Despite not making the cleanest of handslings, MacLean and Tournant then upped the ante with their effort, leaving final starters Cavendish and Clancy with their work cut out. Although the young pair did improve their old mark with a time of 56.646, it wasn?t good enough to hold onto the record.

In other events Clancy, Cavendish and Rob Hayles all took wins. MacLean claimed victory in the sprint while a strong team French team did a 1-2-3 in the Keirin and then capped the evening by triumphing over a British-Dutch coalition in the team sprint.

Former World Champion Vicky Pendleton was also back in action last night, having not raced the series all season. She cleaned up in the women?s omnium, setting her fastest flying 200m for the Manchester track and winning each of her match sprint rounds.